Planning application
Land North Of Earls Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Construction of a solar farm (temporary for 40 years) with access off Earls Lane. Proposal would include the installation of solar photovoltaic panels to generate electricity (a 30 MW installation), with ancillary substations, inverters, perimeter stock fencing with CCTV, landscaping and other associated works. (Amended layout plan and supporting documents, including matters relating to Arboriculture, Archaeology, Landscape, Ecology, Agricultural Land Classification, Flood Risk and Drainage, and Highway.)
As published by the council, reference 25/1023/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1023/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 10 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 18 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Shenley
- Parish
- The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Jul 2025
Received by Hertsmere
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18 Jul 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 12 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Hertsmere took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
89 documents on file for this application
- Fire & rescue response
- National highways response
- Place services - landscape
- Landscape masterplan
- Glint and glare july 2026
- Highways response
- Lead local flood authority response
- National highways response
- Highway technical note
- Potters bar residents' association response
- National highways comments
- Pselsc response
- Highways response
- Hccr response
- Psear response
- British horse society response
- National highways response
- Ecology response
- Archaeology response
- Socio-economic benefits jan 2026
- Skylark management and monitoring jan 2026
- Outline construction traffic management plan jan 2026
- Orbital solar farm response rebuttal statement_
- Landscape and visual impact assessment jan 2026
- Green belt assessment jan 2026
- Flood risk assessment feb 2026
- Ecological impact assessment jan 2026
- Drainage strategy feb 2026
- Bng report jan 2026
- Archaeological magnetometry survey summary report sept 2025
- Agricultural land classification val report nov 2025
- Aia ams report-rev-a jan 2026 part 3 of 3
- Aia ams report-rev-a jan 2026 part 2 of 3
- Aia ams report-rev-a jan 2026 part 1 of 3
- Site layout (rev r)
- National highways response
- Ecology comments
- Suds response
- Suds response
- Tfl response
- Ramblers association comments
- Pselsc response
- Cpre response
- Hmwt response
- Built heritage response
- Ea response
- Herts & essex badger grp
- Fire safety team
- Rspca comments
- Hmwt comment
- National highways comments
- Arboricultural comments
- Herts and middlesex bat group comments
- Herts & middlesex bat group
- Highways response
- Forestry commission comments
- Archaeology comments
- Bridle and access officer
- Countryside and row response
- Natural england response
- Met office comments
- Fire and rescue - hydrants comments
- Cadent gas comments
- Cadent gas comments
- Cadent gas comments
- The parish council south mimms and ridge
- Uk power network comment (neutral) submitted online
- Uk power networks comment (neutral) submitted online
- Planning design access statement
- Highway plan
- Bng metric (excel)
- Bng metric (pdf)
- Heritage statement p04
- Landscape masterplan
- Lvia app1 methodology
- Transport note
- Preliminary ecological appraisal
- Statement of community involvement
- Landscape strategy
- Heritage statement
- Applicationformredacted
- Dno substation section views
- Fence section views
- Transformer station section views
- Cctv section views
- Site location plan
- Customer substation section views
- Array section views
- Planning layout
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This application is with Hertsmere for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Hertsmere decided full applications in a median of 88 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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